{
  "id": 7141464,
  "title": "Israel and Lebanon to meet in Rome in October, US State Department official says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/israel-and-lebanon-to-meet-in-rome-in-october-us-state-department-7141464",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T17:46:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/israel-and-lebanon-meet-rome-october-us-state-department-official-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Israel and Lebanon will meet in Rome in October to discuss a US-brokered security agreement. The talks aim to ease hostilities along the border.\n\nA US State Department official said the deal's implementation \"remains the only viable mechanism to restore Lebanon's sovereignty and Israel's security.\" The official also mentioned that the Lebanese and Israeli ambassadors will meet in Washington next week.\n\nThe previous round of negotiations, the seventh, took place in Rome in August but did not result in a breakthrough on key territorial issues.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israel and Lebanon to meet in Rome in October, US State Department official says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/israel-and-lebanon-to-meet-in-rome-in-october-us-state-department",
        "published": "2026-09-13T17:50:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
        "title": "Would Jews really be more accepted if the State of Israel did not exist? - opinion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/would-jews-really-be-more-accepted-if-the-state-of-israel-did-not",
        "published": "2026-09-13T21:14:04.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}